Judge Bans 4 Shoplifters From Malls, Calls Them Locusts

Story Published: May 9, 2008 at 11:23 AM EDT

Story Updated: May 9, 2008 at 3:42 PM EDT

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Likening them to a "plague of locusts,"
a judge has banned four women from Pennsylvania malls after they
pleaded guilty to stealing.
Common Pleas Judge Steven O'Neill sentenced the four Thursday to
time served and placed them on probation in addition to the mall
restriction.
The women are related and have extensive criminal records. They
pleaded guilty to stealing from a Macy's store in a mall north of
Philadelphia in September 2007.
O'Neill told the women they had "descended like a plague of
locusts" on Montgomery County. Court records say the four traveled
around the country, stealing for a living.
The four, Jeannie Davis, Christina Robson and two women named
Catherine Robson, pleaded guilty to similar charges in Bucks County
in January.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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